Dear Jan:I wish all of your blog friends could be together to sing Happy Birthday to you. I'd be one of the loudest! I hope the next year (and many more) are filled with all the beauty and joy you deserve.Love,Donna

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I am a wife and mother. I am the granddaughter of Bessie and daughter of Mary: two women who passed down to me their love of needlework. Now, I see their hands and continue to feel their unwavering love and guidance with each stitch that my hands make. I love hydrangeas, peonies, poppies and periwinkle blue. There is a soft place in my heart for things showing age. Perhaps because I pray to still be cherished when I grow old.